Steel News

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Joins EcoCommercial Building Program

01 February 2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has joined Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program, intensifying collaboration between the two companies in the field of highly functional sandwich panels for efficient heat insulation.

SMS Meer to Supply Closed-Die Forging Presses for Baoji Fast Gear

01 February 2011 - Baoji Fast Gear Co. Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Meer for two fully automated 5000-tonne closed-die forging presses for its works in Baoji.

Danieli, Tenova Commission New Consteel EAF for Ashinsky Steel Works

01 February 2011 - Danieli and Tenova have successfully commissioned a new Danieli FASTARCTM EAF and Consteel® plant for Ashinsky Steel Works in Russia. The new steelworks replaces obsolete open-hearth plants.

Tata Steel Raises UK Sections Prices in Response to Rising Raw Material Costs

31 January 2011 - Tata Steel will raise transaction prices for structural sections in the UK by £95 per tonne effective on all deliveries in response to increasing spot prices in coal and other raw materials.

Steel Minister Reviews Progress of Jagdishpur SAIL Unit

31 January 2011 - Shri Beni Prasad Verma, Steel Minister, Government of India recently reviewed progress of the ongoing modernization of the Jagdishpur SAIL Unit, where a galvanized sheet corrugation unit and warehouse are nearing completion.

NLMK Completes Installation of New Waste Neutralization Plant

31 January 2011 - NLMK has finished the installation of a new environmentally friendly industrial waste neutralization plant with the capacity to process 1200 tonnes of waste per annum. The neutralization process combines waste incineration with high-temperature thermal decomposition.

SMS Meer Supplies Largest Screw Press to Wuxi Turbine Blade

31 January 2011 - SMS Meer, Germany, and Wuxi Turbine Blade C. Ltd. of China recently celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the most powerful clutch-operated screw press, with a press force of 35,000 tonnes.

Kobe Steel to Manufacture Rubber Machinery in India

31 January 2011 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. has formed a joint venture with India's Larsen & Toubro Limited to manufacture and sell rubber processing machinery used in the manufacture of tires. The new venture plans to market its products in India, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe.

Nippon Tinplate Certified for HACCP

28 January 2011 - Nippon Steel’s tinplate for containers has been certified for HACCP, an international guideline for food safety. Certification was given to all of Nippon Steel’s plants in Japan that manufacture tinplate: Yawata, Nagoya and Hirohata.

OAO Severstal Develops Ties with International Auto Facilities in Russia

28 January 2011 - Severstal continues to be an official supplier of rolled metal products for the Renault group in Russia, and also received positive test results for rolled metal products from HYUNDAI-KIA and Ford, which will enable it to start deliveries to those companies in the medium term.

NLMK Completes Equipment Installation at New Power Plant

28 January 2011 - NLMK has completed installation of the main equipment for a new 150-MW Heat and Power Plant that will use off-gas from the Lipetsk site’s new blast furnace to generate electric power.

ISRA Parsytec Delivers Surface QC Systems for New Lines at China Steel

27 January 2011 - ISRA Parsytec has developed surface inspection solutions for three new production facilities of China Steel Corp.

SMS Meer Provides World’s Largest Ring Rolling Plant with Industrial Robots

27 January 2011 - Ovako Tube & Ring has successfully commissioned its new ring rolling plant from SMS Meer. The new plant is the world’s largest ring rolling plant in which industrial robots transport and position the work pieces.

SAIL signs MoU for Indonesian Steel Plant

27 January 2011 - SAIL and International Coal Ventures Private Limited sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Governor of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia for development of mineral deposits in the province of Central Kalimantan as well as establishment of both a mineral processing facility and a steel plant.

Tenova Takraf to Supply Reclaimer for Vale’s Ore Operations in Guinea

26 January 2011 - VBG recently signed a contract in Belo Horizonte with Tenova TAKRAF to supply a reclaimer with a nominal capacity of 6,000 tonnes/hour, a design capacity of 7,200 tonnes/hour and a 40-meter boom.

NLMK Completes Registration for REACH Standard

25 January 2011 - NLMK Group companies successfully complete the registration of their products as required by Regulation EC No. 1907/2006 (REACH).

Aperam Appoints Independent Directors, Clarifies Dividend Policy

25 January 2011 - ArcelorMittal as sole shareholder of Aperam appointed two new independent members to the Board of Directors for Aperam, the new company to which ArcelorMittal's stainless and specialty steels business is expected to be spun off on January 25.

World Stainless Production Hits New High in Q3 2010

25 January 2011 - World-wide stainless steel crude steel production reached 23 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2010, a 29% increase compared to the same period of 2009, according to the latest report from the International Stainless Steel Forum.

Siemens to Modernize ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Slab Caster in Duisburg

25 January 2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to install new process-optimization models in a continuous slab caster at its Beeckerwerth steelworks in Duisburg, Germany.

NLMK Wins Bid to Develop Usinsk Coal Deposit #3 in Komi Republic

24 January 2011 - NLMK has won the right to develop the third mining area in the Usinsk coal deposit (Usinks-3) following a competition organized by the Subsoil Agency of Russia’s Komi Republic.